Kishimoto, Daiga
Kirino, Yohei https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9488-661X
Tamura, Maasa
Takeno, Mitsuhiro
Kunishita, Yosuke
Takase-Minegishi, Kaoru
Nakano, Hiroto
Kato, Ikuma
Nagahama, Kiyotaka
Yoshimi, Ryusuke
Igarashi, Kazuhiko
Aoki, Ichiro
Nakajima, Hideaki
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (26713136, 26461468, 26461469, 26860756)
Yokohama Foundation for Advanced Medical Science
Naito Foundation
Uehara Memorial Foundation
Japan Intractable Diseases Research Foundation
Japan Rheumatic Disease Foundation
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (16K08698)
Takeda Medical Research Foundation
Mochida Memorial Foundation for Medical and Pharmaceutical Research
Article History
Received: 9 September 2017
Accepted: 15 March 2018
First Online: 10 April 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Each patients enrolled in this study signed a written informed consent form, which was approved by the ethics committee of Yokohama City University Hospital (B130905030). Animals were maintained under specific pathogen-free conditions within the animal facility at Yokohama City University. Animal treatment protocols were approved by the Yokohama City University Animal Protocol Ethics Committee.
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